puter
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Hello, noob here. I am in Alabama where a pleasant Spring day is 98 degrees and humidity percentage. I popped my cherry with a partial extract brew in a 32-quart kettle with an economy chiller.
http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Economy-Wort-Chiller.html
I picked up a Bayou Classic turkey fryer and "seasoned" it by boiling 6.5 gallons of water in it. I tried out the chiller and noticed that after 30 minutes it was still about 100 degrees. On Sunday, I brewed my second extract kit (full boil, of course) and used the same chiller. I got the same results. I just couldn't get it to cool quickly down to 80. In fact, I gave up and pitched yeast at 95.
I have two thoughts...
1) Sell my economy chiller with 25' of copper and and buy the one with 39' of copper (http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Immersion-Wort-Chiller.html), or...
2) Buy a chinchilla pre-chiller (http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/The-Chinchilla-%252d-Wort-Pre%252dchiller.html)
I'm kinda leanin' to #2. Right track? Or is there an easier way? Or am I trying too hard?
P.S. I was using the outflow of the chiller to wet/cool the sides of my pot as well as stir the wort now and then.
http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Economy-Wort-Chiller.html
I picked up a Bayou Classic turkey fryer and "seasoned" it by boiling 6.5 gallons of water in it. I tried out the chiller and noticed that after 30 minutes it was still about 100 degrees. On Sunday, I brewed my second extract kit (full boil, of course) and used the same chiller. I got the same results. I just couldn't get it to cool quickly down to 80. In fact, I gave up and pitched yeast at 95.
I have two thoughts...
1) Sell my economy chiller with 25' of copper and and buy the one with 39' of copper (http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Immersion-Wort-Chiller.html), or...
2) Buy a chinchilla pre-chiller (http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/The-Chinchilla-%252d-Wort-Pre%252dchiller.html)
I'm kinda leanin' to #2. Right track? Or is there an easier way? Or am I trying too hard?
P.S. I was using the outflow of the chiller to wet/cool the sides of my pot as well as stir the wort now and then.